Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge by Edward O. Wilson
$12.00 NZD
Category: Science and Technology
In this work, the author argues for the fundamental unity of all knowledge and the need to search for what he calls "consilience", the composition of the principles governing every branch of learning. Edward O. Wilson, pioneer of sociobiology and biodiversity, breaks from the conventions of current thin ...Show more
The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing by Richard Dawkins
$20.00 NZD
Category: Science and Technology | Series: Oxford Landmark Science Ser.
Selected and introduced by Richard Dawkins, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing is a celebration of the finest writing by scientists for a wider audience - revealing that many of the best scientists have displayed as much imagination and skill with the pen as they have in the laboratory. This is a ...Show more
The Reassembler by James May
$15.00 NZD
Category: Science and Technology | Reading Level: very good
'A typically Mayesque celebration of classic engineering ...May is extraordinarily good at explaining what a carburettor is or outlining how a governor works...It's charming, transfixing and surprisingly intimate...It might be the best thing he's ever done.' - Guardian [review of BBC4 TV series]'Reassem ...Show more
The Brain Workout: Use it or Lose it by Gareth Moore
$10.00 NZD
Category: Science and Technology
Do you find your concentration wandering during meetings? Do you struggle to remember phone numbers? Or your credit-card PIN? Research shows that regularly exercising your brain by tackling simple, short challenges helps sharpen the mind, improve memory, and offset the brain's ageing process. Just like ...Show more
It's About Time: From Calendars and Clocks to Moon Cycles and Light Years - A History by Liz Evers
$15.00 NZD
Category: Science and Technology
From the ice-age recordings of moon cycles and the earliest calendars, to modern wristwatches and quantum clocks, time and its effects have always enthralled mankind. We've spent centuries developing new ways of measuring time, describing it and quantifying it, and such methods have given rise to some o ...Show more
Where Did You Get This Number? - A Pollster's Guide to Making Sense of the World by Anthony Salvanto
$12.00 NZD
Category: Science and Technology
As Elections and Surveys Director for CBS News, it's Anthony Salvanto's job to understand you-what you think, how you vote, and why. He's the person behind many of the poll numbers you see today. In Where Did You Get This Number?, Salvanto takes you inside the world of polling, demystifying its jargon a ...Show more
Suppressed Inventions and Other Discoveries by Jonathan Eisen
$14.00 NZD
Category: Science and Technology | Reading Level: very good
Eisen reveals misrepresentations by government agencies, scientific and financial institutions and business interests who conceal certain inventions and discoveries. Beginning with a look at the politics and nature of suppression, he examines such subjects as cancer research, energy-making and saving i ...Show more
Why Cats Land On Their Feet - And 76 Other Physical Paradoxes and Puzzles by Mark Levi
$12.00 NZD
Category: Science and Technology
Ever wonder why cats land on their feet? Or what holds a spinning top upright? Or whether it is possible to feel the Earth's rotation in an airplane? Why Cats Land on Their Feet is a compendium of paradoxes and puzzles that readers can solve using their own physical intuition. And the surprising answers ...Show more
Why Don't Your Eyelashes Grow? : Curious Questions Kids Ask About the Human Body by Beth Ann Ditkoff
$10.00 NZD
Category: Science and Technology
Ever wondered what that small dewdrop thing is in the back of your throat? Or why you hiccup? Why Don't Your Eyelashes Grow? addresses every weird question about your body you can think of-or never even thought to ask. Prompted by the brain-stumpers her own children and young patients have asked her ove ...Show more
Our Final Hour : A Scientist's warning : How Terror, Error, and Environmental Disaster Threaten Humankind's Future in This Century--On Earth and Beyond by Martin J. Rees
$14.00 NZD
Category: Science and Technology
A scientist known for unraveling the complexities of the universe over millions of years, Sir Martin Rees now warns that humankind is potentially the maker of its own demise -- and that of the cosmos. Though the twenty-first century could be the critical era in which life on Earth spreads beyond our sol ...Show more
Inviting Disaster - Lessons from the Edge of Technology by James R. Chiles
$12.00 NZD
Category: Science and Technology
Combining captivating storytelling with eye-opening findings, Inviting Disaster delves inside some of history's worst catastrophes in order to show how increasingly "smart" systems leave us wide open to human tragedy.Weaving a dramatic narrative that explains how breakdowns in these systems result in su ...Show more
THE HOT ZONE by RICHARD PRESTON
$14.00 NZD
Category: Science and Technology
A non-fiction account of the nightmarish events which took place in Washington DC when a lethal, highly infectious virus from the rain forests of tropical Africa crossed continents and resurfaced inside a house of imported monkeys. The author recreates the drama that unfolded among the team of American ...Show more